By Patrick Allen, Director of Oregon Health Authority What a difference two weeks makes. At the start, Oregon’s COVID-19 vaccination program was panned for its “snail’s pace.” But last week Oregon passed…
Category: Guest Column
GOOD NEWS: Love in the Time of Covid
OIOpublisher EDITOR’S NOTE: We are so blessed to have many talented writers in our midst, and the Pioneer is proud and pleased – over the moon, really – to be able to…
Bears with furniture
by Linda Shaffer Last summer, I’m pretty sure I wrote something about living in a world of quarantine and the effects it had on our lives. At the time I didn’t think…
WORDS OF WISDOM: Finding Courage in Myself to Move Ahead
by Neal Lemery In this Pandemic, it has become too easy to simply put things off, to delay, to live a life filled with procrastination. What was normal life is mostly on…
News on the Session, Vaccines, Schools, and Housing
By Representative David Gomberg, House District 10 Hello Neighbors and Friends! A new poll shows 68% of Oregonians plan to get vaccinated. We’re now seeing improvements in all of Oregon’s COVID metrics. In the last…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY WELLNESS: Staying Healthy in a Pandemic
by Leanna Coy, Family Nurse Practitioner at Rinehart Clinic for Tillamook County Wellness All our lives changed last year with the global pandemic. As members of the community and health care providers,…
GEEZER TRIBE: Treasures abound in old cook books
by Linda Shaffer A few years back, my Old Aunt Wanda gave me a box filled with cook books. The box was marked with my name and hers. It should be noted…
FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG: Vaccines, Fires, and the Legislative Session
By Representative David Gomberg, House District 10 I trust that you embraced the long weekend, enjoyed our spectacular winter sunshine, and took some time to contemplate the legacy of Martin Luther King….
WORDS OF WISDOM – Book Review: Tightrope – A Challenging and Compelling Book for our World
by Neal Lemery (1/17/2021) If you are concerned about kids in your neighborhood, or you worry about your community, or the future welfare of the country, then Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope,…
IN GOOD HEALTH: Portland Oregon Puts Hygiene First
EDITOR’S NOTE: Homelessness exists in all our communities, and sometimes here it’s not as visible as it is in Portland. There are so many people that are houseless, “couch-surfing”, living in their…